Karl muller and milton woodbridge



(No Model.)

K. MULLER & M. WOODBRIDGE.

PUZZLE TOY.

No. 459,233. Patented Sept. 8, 1891.

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KARL MULLER AND MILTON W'OODBRIDGE, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

PUZZLE TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,233, datedSeptember 8, 1891.

Application filed April 1, 1891. Serial No. 387,293. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, KARL MULLER and MILTON IVOODBRIDGE, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of the city of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPuzzle Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved puzzle toy.

It consists in a puzzle toy having an eggshaped body formed of twosections, one section being provided in its top with an inner groove ortrack, a tubular projection extending upward from the center of saidtrack and closed at its upper end and provided with an aperture in itsside, a bore extending from the top of said projection to the bottom ofsaid section, and a ball adapted to run on said track and to pass intothe bore. A hollowcover section fits on the base-section.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I represents a vertical transversesectional view of my improved puzzle toy on the line 1 1 of Fig. III.Fig. II is a side View, parts being in section on the line 2 2 of Fig.III, and Fig. III is a plan view of the lower section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The body A is made of an egg shape and is composed of two sections A andA provided with a rabbeted joint a. The lower section A is provided witha grooved annular track B, formed around a central tubular projection 0,closed at the top and provided in one side with an aperture D, leadingto avertical bore E, extending from the top of the tubular projection Oto the bottom of the section A, which bottom of the section A is theapex or point of the egg-shaped body. The covering section A is madehollow, as shown in the drawings. A ball F, of lead or iron,is placedupon the track B and is adapted to run on the same. If the eggshapedbodyis so placed that the ball will be upon the track opposite theaperture D and then is moved downward Very suddenly, the ball F jumpsfrom the track B through the aperture D into the bore E and runs downthe same to the bottom thereof, thus remaining at the apex of theegg-shaped body. If new the egg-shaped body is placed on its apex, thecenter of gravity is so located that the egg will stand erect. If theball is in any other part of the body-that is, on the track Bit isimpossible to stand the egg on its apex or on the opposite end, as thecenter of gravity will be out of the center of the body and so high asto cause a tilting of this body. The person experimenting with the toyof course does not know when the ball F is opposite the aperture D, andit will require numerous and repeated experiments and more or less skillto throw the ball into the bore E.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- In a toy puzzle, the combination, with anegg-shaped body formed of two sections, one section being provided inits top with an inner groove or track, a tubular projection extendingupward from the center of said track and closed at its upper end andprovided with an aperture in its side, a bore extending from the top ofsaid projection to the bottom of the section, a ball adapted to run onsaid track and to pass into the bore, and a hollow coversection,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedours names in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

KARL MULLER, MILTON WOODBRIDGE. Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, CHARLES ScHRoEDER.

